Sunday, April 27, 2014

Two months back we interviewed Mark Black about his bibliophonic "No Means No: Going Nowhere". The book came out last year and is difficult to get, but Mark recommends you check your local library. Above is a player for the show that was mixed with material. there was a computer malfunction during the show and so the interview goes off the air but we did play the Hanson Brothers while we recovered the computer. You can hear the interview on it's own.I noticed that the player is a bit glitchy so if you wanted to download an MP3 of the show click on the word MP3 above.NOMEANSNO - Going Nowhere (Alternative Tentacles)NOMEANSNO - Interview (CIUT)NOMEANSNO - Victoria (Wrong)NOMEANSNO - Interview (CIUT) INFAMOUS SCIENTISTS - Canada's Pissed (Alandhiscar)NOMEANSNO - Interview (CIUT) NOMEANSNO - Victory (Alternative Tentacles)NOMEANSNO - Interview (CIUT) NOMEANSNO - Two Lips, Two Lungs and One Tongue (Alternative Tentacles)NOMEANSNO - Interview (CIUT)HANSON BROTHERS - He looked alot like Tiger Williams (Alternative Tentacles)NOMEANSNO - Interview (CIUT)NOMEANSNO - I Need You (Alternative Tentacles)

Saturday, April 26, 2014

Rob Ford throws a black party every year where he bribes his constituents with Bar-B-Que food. It is called "Ford Fest". The name of this show is a pot shot at that. This show is also a record release show for the new Shit From Hell single "Mayor on Crack". I heard Strange Attractor also have a release coming out tonight. And the Cola Heads are opening the whole thing up. The stunned look matches the Mayor who suffered another loss this week when the person he hired to head up the Toronto Housing Authority was fired for essentially creating a workplace environment that was unworkable. The Mayor threatened that there would be "chaos" and that he would re-hire him when he was voted back in. Wishful thinking and a part of a long list of Ford gravy train as his cronies continue to get payouts for jobs they are unqualified to do.

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Here is the broadcast from tonight's show. We start out with "Out of Reach" because last week's fundraising efforts have us out of reach from purchasing a new transmitter and so we continue to try and raise money over the weekend for CIUT. Without a transmitter we are not a radio station. Pledge on-line at www.ciut.fm and follow the links. Listen to the show above or download the MP3.999 - Out Of Reach (United Artists)PRAG - Ecco Homo (Self-Released)S.H.I.T. - A Look at Tomorrow (CIUT)EXOTIC FUNCTIONS - Blessing in Disguise (Self-Released)BREAKOUT - They Won't Stop (Balkong Ponker)ANGELIC UPSTARTS - Two Million Voices (EMI)MELVINS - Might Goat (Amphetamine Reptile)WEEKEND NACHOS - Rejected Psychopath (Relapse)PROPAGANDHI - Failed States (G7 Welcoming Committee)BURNING LOVE - Pig City 1 (Southern Lord)VOID - Ignorant People (Dischord)ANCIENT FILTH - Dogma / Dying for the Weekend (Self-Released)NERVVRAK - Tullverket (Self-Released)CHRISTTER PETTERSSON - This Will Not StandCAVE STATE - Rival Tribe (To Live a Lie)HAVITTAJAT - Aina (Hardcore Victim)TEENGENERATE - She's a Dumb (Wallabees)RAYDIOS - My Baby's Back (Screaming Apple)THE DOGS - Teenage Fever (Flashing Blood)RED 40 - The Outsiders (Landmark)JAWBREAKER - Chesterfield King (Tupelo)HARD EVIDENCE - Last One Standing (Longshot)BASTINADOS - Antifa Rock'n'roll (Byllepest / DHPAK47 / Neanderthal Stench)GAUCHO - Sistema de mierda (Self-Released)RASH - Nuclear Jesus (Self-Released)HYSETRIA - Vengeance at Last (Imminent Destruction)DISCHARGE - State Violence, State Control (Clay)SLOBS - Assembly Line (Cowabunga)SCHOOL JERKS - Ready to Die (Cowabunga)SAINTS - Demolition Girl (Raven)COLD WARPS - Let's Just Fun (Noyes)Tonight's demo feature is a band from Sweden. the demo rages and is 15 songs in total. We were not able to get to it all but a download of the demo is available at the band's bandcamp site. Here is a review from April's MRR of the demo, which is why we sought it out in the first place.

Thursday, April 17, 2014

Sunday, April 13, 2014

CIUT's transmitter stopped working last week. We have been operating off a temporary transmitter. The funding drive is all about raising twice as much money so that we can buy a new transmitter and have it installed. The theme for the campaign continues with "Sound of the City" but I reinterpreted it to be "Sound in our city" so that we could focus on some of the upcoming shows coming to town one of whic is the Stage Bottles next Saturday. This anti-fascist oi band has a great song called "Work Together" that rallies people together for a common cause and right now that is with getting CIUT back on air. You can donate by going to http://www.ciut.fm/about/donate-today/.STAGE BOTTLES - Work Together (Insurgence)Ewan at Embrace Productions programmed a punk show with us when we were back at CHRY. He knows the important roles that campus community radio plays. He also knows the challenges of fundraising and has offered up five pair of tickets for the Reagan Youth / Dayglos show on May 16th of the Upstarts show on May 31st. We still have some tickets to give away for this so if you make a donation to CIUT and want a pair of tickets to one of these two shows send me an e-mail at equalizingxdistort@gmail.com. ANGELIC UPSTARTS - Kids On The Street (Dojo)REAGAN YOUTH - usa (New Red Archives)DAYGLO ABORTIONS - Kill the Hosers / Religious Bumfucks (Fringe)Lots of people have helped out with this current drive. Alex, the drummer from the Sofistifucks, and his friend Nick came in last night to helop answer phones and come in on-air with updates on the phone room activity. We played something new from the Sofistifucks. THE SOFISTIFUCKS - Memento Mori (Self-Released)THE BUREAUCRATS - Grown Up Age (Ugly Pop)Aldo from Punks and Rockers films all of the studio 3 sessions. He also edits them together and has started putting together limited edition DVDs of these sessions. For this drive he has put together a 2012 DVD which features footage of Pick Your Side, Hassler, Direct Approach, The Groggies, Careers In Science, TV Freaks, Wrong Generation, Born Wrong, Demolition, Violent Future, Kremlin, Suicide Dates, and Sids Kids which had Chris Hate from the Viletones, Mickey Skin from the Curse, Barrie Farrel from the Existers, Zero from ZRo4, and Fergus Hamilton from the Basics. He also created a 2013 DVD with footage from Abyss, Valley Boys, Anti-Vibes, Wastoids, Snake Charmer, Sluts On 45, Dead Mouth, Smooth Brain, Purity Control, Absolut, and S.H.I.T. if you make a $25 donation to CIUT you can have one of these or both for $50. E-mail me at equalizingxdistort@gmail.com with your name and address once you have made a donation. Then we played some bands on those DVDs. BORN WRONG - Destroying The Family (Schizoprhenic)S.H.I.T. - Mind Fuck (Self-Released)NERVOUS TALK - Introductions (Mammoth Cave)Greg Dick, a long time advocate of the show, donated to our show and to Real Cool Time radio and we pointed out that you could ledge to more than one show as a way of demonstrating support for more than one show. This drive is fundamentally different in that we are raising money together to pay for a transmitter. We are all in this dire senario of having a compromised transmission until we can get that fixed. Help us be heard by donating at http://www.ciut.fm/about/donate-today/. CAREER SUICIDE - Brought to the Brink (Deranged)STRANGE ATTRACTOR - Litty oh Litty (Red Lounge)CIUT is one of few independent voices left on air. Many media outlets have found themselves muzzled or compromised with what they can say about the lawyer. We express the frustration of what it is like to a Mayor that can't make it in to work most days creating dysfunction from the top down. Ugly Pop is throwing a This ain't the Ford fest with this song by Shit From Hell being released. Support independent voices on the radio. SHIT FROM HELL - Mayor on Crack (Ugly Pop)STIV BATORS DEAD BOYS - Son of Sam (Ugly Pop)TV FREAKS played a benefit show organzied by the Suicide Dates a few drives back. They have a new album. The show has the unique ability to record bands live in a Peel Sessions like setting. Please support these cool forms of documentation of the local scene by giving to CIUT so we can broadcast again. TV FREAKS - Phone / Salvation (Schizophrenic)VALLEY BOYS - Feel Like Shit (Self-Released)VCR - One Trick Dog (CIUT)The federal government has gutted the Ministry of Environment to bury the evidence of climate change. Meanwhile punk tells the story on things like air quality. Recently the feds have cut funding to the CBC as a way of getting rid of more adverse coverage of their resource extration policies. Stay informed by keeping CIUT on the air. NO PROBLEM - Suffocate City (Deranged)SNAKEPIT - Hogtown Blues (Self-Released) URBAN BLIGHT - Toxic City (Slasher)AVERAGE TIMES - Kraken (Hosehead / P Trash)THE REZENTMENTS - Yer Whats Wrong (CIUT)LIME SPIDERS - Slave Girl (Citadel)KING KHAN AND THE BBQ SHOW - Tastebuds (In the Red)THE FIRST STEPS - Airplay (English Gose)THE DIODES - Tired of Waking Up tired (CBS)Each week we feature a demo on the show. Kremlin's last demo and Snob from Vancouver were two great examples to be featured on the show. Keep this ear to the ground programming on the FM band by donating at http://www.ciut.fm/about/donate-today/. Our show is over but the drive for a transmitter continues. KREMLIN - Sun Never Sets (Self-Released)SNOB - Nature (Self-Released)ADOLESCENTS - Amoeba (Frontier)Thank you so far to Ed at FTFC clothing, Jamie from the Rezentments / Artificial Dissemination, Chris, Dave, Lisa, Rubber Factory Records, Greg, Nicole, Amon, Yuki, Daragh, Aldo, and Leah for donating so far. For any band making a donation of $25 or more Noxious Art has offered t do a design for a flyer. We have put up some artwork of his in the past. Find the tag on the right hand side to filter his artwok for an idea of his style.

Sunday, April 6, 2014

CIUT's transmitter went down earlier in the week. It is back up but only operating at 50 watts. It is pretty serious and this is probably the best way to hear the show. Tonight's show featured a studio 3 session with Unbelievers. This was followed up by a top 10 from February. And we finished up with the Occultonomy demo as the demo feature. You can download an MP3 of the show here.

PURE DISGUST - the Boys (Self-Released)FISSURE - Gary Busey for President of the moon (Self-Released)ABNORMI - Ahneuden Alttarlla (Blame the Victim)RIISTETYT - Ihissudet (Stupido)KOSZMAR - Zgnilizna I Rozpad (Rust and machine / Charged and Distorted)DARFUR - Dictated by Fear (Ratbite / Bad Hair for Life / Hakaniemi)BATTLESCARD - Beat the all (Self-Released)MERCY KILLINGS - Force of Fusion (Beach Impediment)CHAIN RANK - Point and Accuse (Self-Released)GAS RAG - Market Crash / It Hurts (Even Worse)Tonight's demo feature is Occultonomy. You can download the demo from a bandcamp page set up by the label.OCCULTONOMY - This isn't so much a story as it is a statement of facts (Reality is a Cult)OCCULTONOMY - nuqDaq 'oH puchpae (Reality is a Cult)OCCULTONOMY - I'm pretty sure it's just hardcore (Reality is a Cult)OCCULTONOMY - I'd rather be doing science (Reality is a Cult)OCCULTONOMY - 0110010101111000011100000110110001101111011100100110000101110100011010010110111101101110 - I donated all my ectoplasm (Reality is a Cult)OCCULTONOMY - Sasquatch the State (Reality is a Cult)

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

I have spent the last few days doing all sorts of research on this little known band from here called Unbelievers. They have five recording, but the recent one that came out last year is the one I am most familiar with. Initially, Unbelievers were a band that reminded me of X-Ray Spex and Vice Squad. I ran into Keiran the bass player while looking for everybody before the session and he was telling me that not too long ago he was rehearsing with Vice Squad. Just a weird coincidence. Keiran has been playing for the Unbelievers for the past six months but even newer to the line up is Johnny, the drummer. This band is Jenn’s vision and she has worked with members of Screeching Weasel and the Queers on their first recording. She has even joined the Queers on stage for a version of “Punk Rock Girls?. In the interview we talked about bands like Josie Cotton, the Muffs, and the Ramones as inspirations. In studio 3 I was reminded of the singing style of the Bayonettes and Zoe’s love for the Avengers.

Daihbid James had interviewed Jenn Unbe on Moondog Ballroom before and it being a Tuesday night Daihbid was at the station when the band arrived. They got to play catch up while we got to setting up.

Remarks about how hard Johnny hits those drums were going back and forth which is a common description, but the proof was in the pudding. After the session the interview studio was covered in drum stick pieces and shredded wood bits that looked like a wood chipper had been at work earlier.

This session was videotaped by Aldo from Punks ‘n Rockers. Here is a medley of a few songs from the session.

Broadcasting on CIUT 89.5FM since May 1999, ExD is dedicated to playing underground punk, hardcore, and garage from around the world. Tune in Sunday nights from 10pm to Midnight EST - live streaming audio available at www.ciut.fm Bands/labels: send us your stuff! We're looking for records and CDs to play on our show. We try and review submissions in our periodic newsletter which gets posted on this blog. Contact Equalizing-X-Distort by e-mail at equalizingxdistort@gmail.com.

SHOW LISTINGS

THURSDAY MARCH 15th @ Coalition T.O.

KING CANS

RECKLESS UPSTARTS

STREETLIGHT SAINTS

BARE BONES

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THURSDAY MARCH 29th @ Faith/Void

PROM NITE

PUCUMBER

RETIRED

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THURSDAY APRIL 12th @ Lee's Palace

JOHN COOPER CLARKE

SON OF DAVE

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FRIDAY APRIL 27th @ the Pheonix Theatre

PRLJAVO KAZALIŠTE (from Croatia)

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SUNDAY MAY 13th @ Lee's Palace

POWER TRIP

SHEER MAG

FURY

RED DEATH

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WEDNESDAY MAY 16th @ the Velvet Underground

THE MELVINS

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SATURDAY MAY 26th @ the Velvet Underground

INTEGRITY

BLOODLET

XIBALBA

LONGEST WAR

TOMB MOLD

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WEDNESDAY JUNE 13th @ the Velvet Underground

GBH

PINATA PROTEST

DIRTYWORK

If there is a show that you know about that isn't on this list, please forward it to us at equalizingxdistort@gmail.com.